Changes in brain and pituitary GnRH levels during ovarian maturation in wild female Japanese flounder

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-248

  Pham, Ky Xuan ^a   Amano, Masafumi ^a   Amiya, Noriko ^a   Kurita, Yutaka ^b   Yamamori, Kunio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Ovarian stages; Paralichthys olivaceus; Pituitary; Plasma steroid; sbGnRH

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; 17ALPHA, 20BETA DIHYDROXY 4 PREGNEN 3 ONE; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISHING; FLOUNDER; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPAWNING; TELENCEPHALON; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VITELLOGENESIS;

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS;

EID: 33749184511     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-006-9006-8     Document Type: Article

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